Examples of sob story in a Sentence
She told a sob story about how she had to starve herself to pay for the rent.
I don't want to hear any of your sob stories.
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In language as deft and muscular as Rosa’s team, Drexler captures the scent of the blood and the resin, every wisecrack and sob story, every flake of talc and gob of spit, every pimple and blackhead on the lady wrestlers’ thighs.
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Lauren Elkin, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Margo’s dead brother Bobby, from her sob story about the house fire, is alive and living on JD’s boat, and also Margo’s real name is Luann.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2024
The judge’s turn — and losing Leslie as a star witness to testify for the prosecution — means Leland Townsend is, in fact, getting out of these pesky murder charges despite Kristen’s convincing testimony, mountains of evidence, and that sob story about Leland using Sheryl as a scapegoat.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2024
None of those videos were meant to sound like a sob story.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024
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Lauren Elkin, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Margo’s dead brother Bobby, from her sob story about the house fire, is alive and living on JD’s boat, and also Margo’s real name is Luann.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2024
The judge’s turn — and losing Leslie as a star witness to testify for the prosecution — means Leland Townsend is, in fact, getting out of these pesky murder charges despite Kristen’s convincing testimony, mountains of evidence, and that sob story about Leland using Sheryl as a scapegoat.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2024
None of those videos were meant to sound like a sob story.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for sob story
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“Sob story.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sob%20story. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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